5 then he shall alead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be buntil I visit him,” says the Lord; c“though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed” ’?”
6 And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
7 ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the aright of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’
8 Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
9 So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and aweighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver.
10 And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.
11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open;
12 and I gave the purchase deed to aBaruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the bwitnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
13 “Then I charged aBaruch before them, saying,
14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.”
15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be apossessed again in this land.” ’
Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
16 “Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for Jeremiah 32:7:
Anathoth {Nave's Topical Bible}
Hanamel {Nave's Topical Bible}
Redemption {Forerunner Commentary}
Redemption {Nave's Topical Bible}
Redemption {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Shallum {Forerunner Commentary}
Shallum {Nave's Topical Bible}
Son {Nave's Topical Bible}
Will {Forerunner Commentary}
Will {Nave's Topical Bible}
Right {Forerunner Commentary}
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